It remained the Not-Quite-Done Door for more than a year. Exactly nothing else happened with it until this past week, when Shane finally found the time and inspiration at the same time to finish the project. He added the surrounding trim, stained the wood, lacquered it, and even touched up the aqua paint above the door (and in other places around room).
It looks great now, and it's nice to finally mark it off our to-do list as completed. No, make that completely completed. Now all that's left to do in the kitchen/dining room is the new floor. We have the supplies, so it's another matter of time and inspiration coinciding.
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| Taping off. |
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| See the small piece of blue tape near the top of the window? Swiper's getting ready to swipe it. |
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| Finished! |
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While we were at the home improvement store buying lacquer and a quart of paint to match the walls, we started looking at a product called Deck Restore by a company called Synta. It's a "liquid armor resurfacer". It's similar to the Rhino Linings for truck beds, only it's for decks and/or concrete.
We looked at the information in store and had nearly decided it would be a good addition to our deck for a number of reasons. About that time, a salesman (not on commission, BTW) walked up to us and told us how great a product he thinks it is and answered a lot of questions we had based on his experience with it at his home. In the middle of our conversation, a customer passing by interupted to say, "That stuff is amazing! It's just simply amazing!"
Our only questions now are what color we want, and when we'll have the time to apply it.
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My apologies for not taking time to comment on your blogs, if I get to them at all, and for not being around on my Facebook page very often this past week. That goes for the foreseeable future, too. We have several "projects" going on here and my online presence hasn't been a top priority. I hope you'll bear with me; things will surely return to what we call normal sooner or later.
